How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political Communities
<p dir="ltr">The recent global surge in large-scale foreign land acquisitions marks a radical transformation of the global economic and political landscape. Since land that attracts capital often becomes the site of expulsions and displacement, it also leads to new forms of migration...
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| author | Torsten Menge (18140284) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Torsten Menge (18140284) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2019-03-04T03:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.3390/land8030044 |
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| dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv | CC BY 4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Biological sciences Ecology Earth sciences Geology collective self-determination global land rush land governance large-scale land acquisitions legitimacy migration political community territory transnational governance |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political Communities |
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| description | <p dir="ltr">The recent global surge in large-scale foreign land acquisitions marks a radical transformation of the global economic and political landscape. Since land that attracts capital often becomes the site of expulsions and displacement, it also leads to new forms of migration. In this paper, I explore this connection from the perspective of a political philosopher. I argue that changes in global land governance unsettle the congruence of political community and bounded territory that we often take for granted. As a case study, I discuss the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive as a significant driver of foreign land acquisitions. Using its global power, the European Union (EU) is effectively governing land far outside of its international borders and with it the people who live on this land or are expelled from it. As a result, EU citizens ought to consider such people fellow members of their political community. This has implications for normative debates about immigration and, in particular, for arguments that appeal to collective self-determination to justify a right of political communities to exclude newcomers. The political community to which EU citizens belong reaches far beyond the EU’s official borders.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Land<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land8030044" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land8030044</a></p> |
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| spelling | How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political CommunitiesTorsten Menge (18140284)Biological sciencesEcologyEarth sciencesGeologycollective self-determinationglobal land rushland governancelarge-scale land acquisitionslegitimacymigrationpolitical communityterritorytransnational governance<p dir="ltr">The recent global surge in large-scale foreign land acquisitions marks a radical transformation of the global economic and political landscape. Since land that attracts capital often becomes the site of expulsions and displacement, it also leads to new forms of migration. In this paper, I explore this connection from the perspective of a political philosopher. I argue that changes in global land governance unsettle the congruence of political community and bounded territory that we often take for granted. As a case study, I discuss the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive as a significant driver of foreign land acquisitions. Using its global power, the European Union (EU) is effectively governing land far outside of its international borders and with it the people who live on this land or are expelled from it. As a result, EU citizens ought to consider such people fellow members of their political community. This has implications for normative debates about immigration and, in particular, for arguments that appeal to collective self-determination to justify a right of political communities to exclude newcomers. The political community to which EU citizens belong reaches far beyond the EU’s official borders.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Land<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land8030044" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land8030044</a></p>2019-03-04T03:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.3390/land8030044https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/How_Far_Does_the_European_Union_Reach_Foreign_Land_Acquisitions_and_the_Boundaries_of_Political_Communities/25406056CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/254060562019-03-04T03:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political Communities Torsten Menge (18140284) Biological sciences Ecology Earth sciences Geology collective self-determination global land rush land governance large-scale land acquisitions legitimacy migration political community territory transnational governance |
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| title | How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political Communities |
| title_full | How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political Communities |
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| title_short | How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political Communities |
| title_sort | How Far Does the European Union Reach? Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries of Political Communities |
| topic | Biological sciences Ecology Earth sciences Geology collective self-determination global land rush land governance large-scale land acquisitions legitimacy migration political community territory transnational governance |